Re: [PATCHES] DELETE ... USING

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >     test=> SELECT pg_class.* LIMIT 0;
> >     NOTICE:  adding missing FROM-clause entry for table "pg_class"
> 
> > Is this what we want?  I don't think so.  I thought we wanted to
> > maintain the backward-compatible syntax of no FROM clause.
> 
> Well, the discussion earlier in the week concluded that
> add_missing_from=true should emit a notice in every case where
> add_missing_from=false would fail.  Do you want to argue against
> that conclusion?

I didn't realize that "SELECT pg_class.*" was now going to fail because
add_missing_from is false.  I didn't link those two together in my head,
probably because the warning is not emitted if there is no FROM clause.

Anyway, I am fine either way but wanted to publicise it at least.

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